6-8pm: sample local booze/wine and support the brooklyn bridge park conservancy. waterfront wines & spirits, free.
8pm: savoir adore, via audio and lightyear play cameo, $10-12.
8pm: noisepunk band parts + labor play with oneida, neptune and noveller at 285 kent, $10.
8pm (+ sat): alex battles + the whisky rebellion perform the songs of the man in black at the johnny cash 80th birthday bash. bell house + littlefield, $15 adv, $20 dos.
11pm (thru 3/1): follow djs mark ronson, skrillex, the crystal method, dj premier, and pretty lights as they re-imagine traditional music from symphonies to jazz in doc. re:generation music project. indiescreen, $10-12.
SATURDAY
2pm: 14 competitors throw their wings into the ring for the third annual best wings in brooklyn competition at greenpoint’s red star. totally free!
7-10pm: group art show ‘phobias‘ at gristle tattoo features works by kat gun, mike wohlberg, paul romano, more. free beer, wine and snacks. 178 n. 8th st., williamsburg, free.
7:30pm (ends today): all tickets for rufus wainwright’s prima donna (including orchestra) presented by the new york city opera at bam are now $25
8pm: greg barris’s ‘heart of darkness‘ comedy night at union hall features michael showalter, kate berlant and dr. clayton curtis. plus: ticketholders get free entry to aftershow with new beard. union hall, $8 adv, $10 dos.
SUNDAY
12:30-5:30pm: everything you can fit in a sack is $25 at underground thrift store’s winter clearance sale.
our skint picks for where to watch the academy awards:
9pm: hannibal buress hosts comedy at the knitting factory featuring wyatt cenac (the daily show), charlotte macdonald, baratunde thurston (the onion, how to be black), and kyle bostic. free.
ALL WEEKEND
the gap opens its first outlet store in the city at 400 fulton st., brooklyn.
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